Inslee: Election result lies from officials should be crime

[Nevilledog]

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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee wants lawmakers to pass legislation making it a gross misdemeanor for elected officials and candidates to spread lies about election results.

Inslee: Election result lies from officials should be crime
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee wants lawmakers to pass legislation making it a gross misdemeanor for elected officials and candidates to spread lies about election results. The...
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6:16 PM · Jan 6, 2022

https://katu.com/news/local/inslee-election-result-lies-from-officials-should-be-crime

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee wants lawmakers to pass legislation making it a gross misdemeanor for elected officials and candidates to spread lies about election results.

The Democratic governor spoke forcefully against what he called "a continuing coup" on the one-year anniversary of both the Capitol insurrection in Washington, D.C., and a protest where demonstrators breached the gate of the governor's residence in Olympia.

Inslee cited three Republican state lawmakers who used taxpayer dollars to attend a symposium on election fraud that trafficked in debunked conspiracy theories.

Inslee believes the proposal would be constitutional because in order for the gross misdemeanor to kick in, there would have to be "knowledge that there's potential to create violence."

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[onecaliberal]

1. Felony. It needs to be harsh punishment if we expect it to stop.

[SheltieLover]

2. And actually prosecuted, with harsh mandatory sentencing!

[SWBTATTReg]

3. YES! Actually doing something about it too is the most important, sentencing

them. Too many of them are simply after the media 'fix', or something like that, so they can inject into their bloodstream or something like that. Make the sentences actually mean something too, that they won't feel obligated to break the law so easily next time.

[SheltieLover]

4. Agreed!

And prevent them from ever holding office again!

They should be held to a mucb higher standard imo, being entrusted with public office